On the night of Oct. 20, 2014, a white police officer shot a black teenager 16 times. It took nearly four years for the case to make it to trial. It took less than eight hours for the jury to reach a verdict.

A jury has found Jason Van Dyke, a Chicago police officer, guilty of second-degree murder for the shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014.Published OnOct. 5, 2018CreditCreditPool photo by Antonio Perez

Following the guilty verdict in the trial of Officer Jason Van Dyke, demonstrators, many of whom had braced for an acquittal, marched through downtown Chicago.CreditAlyssa Schukar for The New York Times